10 months

Curtis is 10 months today. Like every other month, so many things are new, so many things have changed. It has been quite a busy month for us all with doing my ultrasound training and figuring out how to juggle all of that. With that, we did have some firsts for both Curtis and myself. Curtis took whole bottles from a few of his baby sitters, which was awesome since he had not done that since he was 4 months old. It was also the first time we had been away from each other for that amount of time. I didn't like being away from him for so long. I didn't like only getting to spend an hour or so a day with him. But am thankful for the reason that it was like that. The training went well, and we begin the 2nd leg of it tomorrow with a drive to Fredericksburg (more on that later). 

A few more new things and some things that just crack us up: He's begun eating more solid foods and chunky purees and seems to like them. He actually tried roast tonight. That's been the only thing he voluntarily puts in his mouth, I think mostly because he can't pick up the other stuff easily, but he will eat it if I feed it to him. He's begun babbling much more, so we're trying to work on "mama" and we're working much more on sign language, hoping he'll pick it up soon. We've let him play in the kitchen some and he absolutely loves the kitchen spoons and ladles with the pots. It's a great way to keep him entertained while I'm trying to wash dishes. And probably one of my favorite things is that he thinks he has to go everywhere head first. Anytime he's sitting on our laps, he goes for the floor head first, so we hold his feet (of course) and he walks on his hands till he's far enough away from the furniture to get down. It's pretty entertaining to watch.

Doctor's appts this month have been fun. He was almost 21lbs and 29 1/4 inches. And the best news, he is murmur free! We had an echo confirmation a few weeks ago to confirm he no longer has his VSD heart murmur, which makes this mama incredibly happy!

This next few months will be pretty exciting as we have Prudence's first birthday to celebrate and Curtis'. At the end of this month, we'll head to the Outer Banks to celebrate Prudence's life. We are looking so forward to that day, and know that it truly is a gift from God. Then, just 3 weeks later, we'll have an early birthday party for Curtis. So lots of exciting things ahead :)